Proposal Summary Settlement Upgrading Programme CDS East Asia and Pacific - Papua New Guinea The proposed project is a direct response to the challenges and needs of the urban sector in Papua New Guinea, including supporting the soon to be released final National Urbanization Policy. In particular, PNG's Office of Urbanization requested Cities Alliance support to: 1) Synthesise the findings of the 3 City Profiles into a National Urban Sector Profile that will support NUP Summary implementation; 2) Prepare a Training Manual that will support the national replication of City Profiling to other urban service centers, and thus support the roll out of the National Urbanisation Policy, and 3) Bring UN-Habitat tools and expertise to strengthen their settlement upgrading approaches on customary land in the vicinity of priority urban centres.

Objectives Activities The overall objective of the proposal is to formulate City Development Strategies (CDSs) and City Infrastructural Investment Programmes (CIIPs) for the cities of 1. Establish the Project implementation structure and make sure all key , and , and Community-based Settlements Upgrading stakeholders have a common understanding on expectations, approach, Feasibility Studies (CSUFS) for Taurama and June Valleys in ’s timeframe and remain committed to investing their counterpart inputs; National Capital District (NCD), and Faniufa in .. It will include 2. City Development Strategy and Infrastructure Investment Programme recommendations for more sustainable urban development financing systems Preparation for Alotau, Kundiawa and Vanimo; which give specific attention to improved service delivery and in-situ 3. Adapt the CDS Methodology to support Port Moresby NCD to better community-based settlement upgrading. address Climate Change Impacts 4. Project Packaging and Strengthening City Financing Mechanisms; 5. Support a pre-feasibility study for priority urban infrastructure investments for Goroka, , and/or NCDC, anchored on District/Provincial as well as potential international development resources; 6. Community-based Settlement Development and Upgrading Support including international technical support, best practices and toolkits to the OoU and NCDC pilot settlement upgrading projects; 7. Institutional Strengthening assessment and Action Plan targeting key local stakeholders including city/district and provincial governments,community leaders, private sector, NGOs and CBOs; 8. Knowledge Sharing, Policy Learning and Toolkit Development; 9. Establish and implement a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework of the CDS and Cw/oS implementation, its achievements and the eventual outcomes.

Submission Implementation Budget and Time

Submitted by: CA Sponsor: Implemented by: Request to CA: $ 350,000 Duration: Goroka City Council (PNG); Asian Coalition for Asian Coalition for Housing Co-Financing: $ 1,099,000 30 months National Capital District Housing Rights; Asian Rights; UN-HABITAT Total Budget: $ 1,449,000 Commission (PNG); Office of Development Bank; CA Monitor: Urbanisation (PNG); Papua New European Union; Alex Ricardo Jimenez Cruz Guinea Urban Local Level UN-HABITAT; UNDP; Government Association World Bank (PNGULLGA) Expected Impacts The immediate outcome of this CDS and Cw/oS proposal will be prioritized infrastructural investments for Alotau, Kundiawa and Vanimo cities; pre-feasibility studies for a prioritized capital investment project in Goroka, Kokopo or NCDC, and settlement upgrading proposals in Taurama, June Valley (NDC) and Faniufa (Goroka), which will improve the living conditions of the urban poor facing hardship.

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